California sc400?
09-30-12, 02:21 PM
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I have personal experience with this very issue, having moved to SoCal from New England in 2012.
Any car (FED or CAL) in good working order is California Legal- so long as it has over 7,000 miles on the ODO.
My SC400 has moved from CT -> CA -> CT -> MA -> CA throughout its life and is still on the road.
The referee passed me without ANY catalyst sticker (repainted hood) because my SC is over 300,000 miles. I asked what the mileage threshold was. I was informed that after 200,000 miles a referee doesn't care about the sticker/visual inspection and you just have to pass the sniffer test at the SMOG station.
California will accept a Federal Emissions vehicle with over 7,000 miles on the ODO.
If you buy a NEW car, and it has LESS than 7,000, The People's Republik of Kalifornia will not allow you to register the vehicle (cars must be visually inspected at the DMV by a referee when you register for a plate). So at that point just take that "bucket list" road trip around the country and you're over 7,000 miles.
Hope this helps.
Any car (FED or CAL) in good working order is California Legal- so long as it has over 7,000 miles on the ODO.
My SC400 has moved from CT -> CA -> CT -> MA -> CA throughout its life and is still on the road.
The referee passed me without ANY catalyst sticker (repainted hood) because my SC is over 300,000 miles. I asked what the mileage threshold was. I was informed that after 200,000 miles a referee doesn't care about the sticker/visual inspection and you just have to pass the sniffer test at the SMOG station.
California will accept a Federal Emissions vehicle with over 7,000 miles on the ODO.
If you buy a NEW car, and it has LESS than 7,000, The People's Republik of Kalifornia will not allow you to register the vehicle (cars must be visually inspected at the DMV by a referee when you register for a plate). So at that point just take that "bucket list" road trip around the country and you're over 7,000 miles.
Hope this helps.
I really appreciate the info, That is interesting in terms of modifications, so basically as long as it passes the sniffer, I can do whatever I want to a car with over 200,000 miles!
Another interesting thing about smogging in california is that it is really arbitrary, whether you get visually inspected or not, last two times I smogged a car there, it was a heavily modded turbocharged 2001 PT cruiser, and they never looked, just the dyno sniffer.
Many thanks for having that pearl of wisdom I was looking for.
Last edited by chrisindub; 09-30-12 at 02:26 PM.
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